RE: LORD OF TIME

”My dear wife, if you continue like this, you will get widowed right after your marriage.” William spoke in a low voice, looking at the woman sitting on his lap and drinking his blood without stopping.

’Don’t you have Immortal Blood Heart? As long as your heart is safe, you will come back to life, right?’

Vivian didn’t stop drinking his blood, and her voice echoed directly inside his mind.

It was one of the effects of the Eternal Blood Pact. As long as they were not very far apart, they could directly communicate with each other through a mental link.

’Sigh, my disobedient hand...’ William sighed inwardly, looking at the hand that had spanked her earlier.

Although he was speaking as if he were being drained of his blood, William actually didn’t feel anything.

Despite Vivian drinking his blood without stopping, the amount of blood in his body didn’t decrease much.

It was because of his newly acquired Bloodline Ability, Immortal Blood Heart.

---) Immortal Blood Heart: Your heart has transformed into a Blood Heart that continuously produces Source Blood. Even if your entire body is destroyed, you can regenerate as long as your heart survives.

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’With Immortal Blood Heart, Super Regeneration and Vermilion Flame in my possession, I am almost becoming an unkillable cockroach...’ William thought with a wary smile, shaking his head.

He wrapped his arms around Vivian’s waist and rested his chin on her shoulder as she continued to drink his blood.

”There are no negative effects on your bloodline after receiving the Chaos Evolution ability, right?” He asked quietly.

’No.’ Vivian replied. ’The ability acquired through the Eternal Blood Pact is similar to abilities gained from Bloodline Essence Crystals, so there are no side effects.’

”I see...” William nodded at her words, as he had also acquired the Overlord ability of the Titan Ape through a Bloodline Essence Crystal, and there had indeed been no side effects.

The ability Vivian received from William’s bloodline after the Eternal Blood Pact was Chaos Evolution.

However, unlike William’s Chaos Evolution, which had a fifty percent probability of increasing the grade of his assimilated bloodline by one, the Chaos Evolution Vivian received was different.

Vivian didn’t have the Chaos Bloodline like William, so it was impossible for her to assimilate other bloodlines into her own bloodline and then use Chaos Evolution to evolve their grade.

The version of Chaos Evolution she received didn’t increase the rank of an assimilated bloodline.

Instead, as long as Vivian drank the blood of someone with a higher-grade bloodline from the same origin, her Chaos Evolution skill could assimilate the consumed blood into her own bloodline and slowly evolve her bloodline to a higher grade.

This ability was perfect for Vivian.

Now William possessed an Origin Grade Vampire Bloodline, which was of the same origin as her and also one grade higher than Vivian’s bloodline.

As long as Vivian drank his blood, her Chaos Evolution ability would assimilate it into her own bloodline, and one day, her bloodline would also evolve into the Origin Grade.

’An Apex Grade Bloodline as the simulation, huh...’ William thought about the reason behind the awakening of his bloodline.

According to the information he had received when his bloodline fully awakened, in order to awaken his bloodline, he needed to consume the origin of an Apex Grade Bloodline.

Only by consuming the origin of an Apex Grade Bloodline and successfully assimilating it could he awaken his bloodline.

It meant that even if William had used other methods, such as taking the Crimson Origin Pill that he had been planning to buy to awaken his bloodline, it wouldn’t have worked because the only method to awaken his bloodline was to consume an Apex Grade Bloodline.

Now that his bloodline was fully awakened, he could consume lower-grade bloodlines and assimilate them as well. But for awakening his bloodline for the first time, it was necessary to consume an Apex Grade Bloodline and assimilate it.

William received this information after his bloodline was fully awakened. But even then, William found it hard to believe.

The reason?

It was because it wasn’t actually the first time he had consumed the blood of an Apex Grade Bloodline.

In the original timeline, he had drunk Vivian’s blood a few times because it had very good healing effects on injuries.

Considering he had divinity in his blood even in the original timeline, his Chaos Bloodline should have awakened in the original timeline as well after drinking Vivian’s blood.

But it did not happen.

At first, William was really confused about this matter. But soon, he remembered something that was completely different from the original timeline.

He looked at the symbol on the back of his hand and fell into deep thought.

In the original timeline, he had never come into contact with that Supreme Figure who seemed to be the one from whom his Chaos Bloodline originated.

He could only think that it was because he had come into contact with that Supreme Figure that his bloodline awakened in this timeline.

’Sigh, how complicated...’ William felt tired just thinking about the things that were going on and couldn’t help but want to sleep.

By this time, the glow on the symbol at the back of his hand was slowly fading.

But the good thing was that after his bloodline fully awakened, the lightning clouds in the sky outside also disappeared.

So even if the symbol didn’t hide his presence, he wouldn’t be struck by lightning.

Just as he was lost in thought, Vivian stopped drinking his blood and pulled back her head.

”Done?” He asked as the two small holes on his neck instantly healed under the effect of his Super Regeneration.

”Hmmm...” Vivian nodded with a satisfied expression and came down from his lap, sitting beside him.

She rested her head on his shoulder and asked curiously.

”Will, if you ever consume an Origin Grade Bloodline, is it possible that your Chaos Evolution can even increase its level by one?”

”That...” William frowned slightly at Vivian’s words and fell into deep thought.

Origin Grade was already the highest grade of Bloodline, so even he wasn’t sure if his Chaos Evolution ability could evolve it further.

”Theoretically speaking, it should be possible...” William said after a moment. ”In the information I received, there is no restriction on the Chaos Evolution ability. As long as I consume a bloodline, there is a fifty percent possibility that it will evolve by one grade. Origin Grade is the same.”

”If it really evolves, wouldn’t you possess a bloodline above Origin Grade...” Vivian couldn’t help but say, feeling even more excited than William himself.

’If he were to possess such a high-level bloodline, how would his blood taste like...’ She almost drooled just thinking about it.

William already knew what she was thinking from her voice, so he chuckled and shook his head.

”Let’s not think about it right now. With our current abilities, it’s impossible for us to get our hands on the blood of someone who possesses an Origin Grade Bloodline.”

Vivian thought about it and found William was right. Origin Grade was the highest level of Bloodline, so how could it be easy to get their hands on it?

But suddenly, Vivian thought of something and her eyes gleamed.

’Although not Origin Grade, that dragon bitch also has an Apex Grade Bloodline. Maybe I should go and find trouble with her.’

Just as she was thinking about getting another Apex-level bloodline for William, she sensed something and frowned.

”Will...” She looked at William and asked seriously. ”When was the last time you rested properly?”

”Hmm?” William was confused by Vivian’s sudden question. ”I am taking enough rest every day. Why do you ask?”

Vivian shook her head and spoke seriously.

”I can feel the condition of your soul through our Blood Pact. It... it seems very weary and exhausted.” She looked into his eyes and once again asked, ”When was the last time you rested properly? No training, no cultivation, no planning for the future, not thinking about what you need to do... Just pure rest. When was the last time you took a proper break?”

William opened his mouth but did not know what to say, as he himself didn’t know the answer to the question Vivian had asked.

Before he was brought back to the past, he had been fighting in the war for months without getting proper rest.

After coming back, he wanted to rest properly, but his memories of the original timeline made it impossible for him to stay idle.

Since day one after coming back to the past, he had started practicing. After all, he needed to complete the trial in order to stay in this timeline.

After doing his best, he successfully completed the task ahead of time. But even then, he couldn’t rest easy because the memories of the original timeline had been engraved in his mind.

Without continuously moving forward, he always felt uneasy.

He also needed to plan a lot of things regarding the academy. To plan about his future direction in the academy, to make sure nothing goes wrong this time.

Now that he thought about it, he actually hadn’t taken a break for a long time.

Seeing his silence, Vivian already had her answer.

She sighed and pulled him toward her.

William felt his vision spin for a second, and the next thing he knew, his head was resting on something soft.

”No cultivation or practice tonight. Just sleep properly.”

Vivian’s voice reached his ears, and he saw her looking down at him.

Only then did he realize that his head was resting on her thigh.

’I wasn’t planning to cultivate or practice tonight anyway...’ He thought inwardly but did not say it out loud.

Moreover, he was really feeling tired after the earlier bloodline awakening and bloodline assimilation.

So he closed his eyes before speaking faintly.

”Thank you, Vivi. It’s really good to have you by my side.”

Vivian’s hand, which was stroking his hair, paused for a second before she smiled.

”Thank you as well...” She spoke gently. ”I am really glad you are with me this time.”

William didn’t reply to her, but Vivian didn’t mind.

She looked at the moon outside, which had appeared right above the waterfall, and felt that it was exceptionally beautiful tonight.

’I wish time would stop at this moment forever.’ She thought to herself, looking at the moon with a smile on her face.

A few minutes later, she felt William’s breathing become even, and he fell asleep.

She turned her gaze away from the moon and looked at him with a gentle gaze before lowering her head and kissing him on the forehead.

”Sleep well, my love.” She whispered before her expression turned serious.

She pulled back her head and spoke in a low voice.

”Come out. Let’s have a talk.”

The entire cave remained silent, with no one appearing.

However, just then, the pearl inside William’s sea of consciousness glowed slightly, and a white light emerged from William’s body, condensing into the figure of a white deer.

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(A/N: Other than the abilities shown on the Status Window, an Origin Grade Bloodline grants many other things as well. Instead of explaining them through words, I will directly demonstrate them in action in the next few Chapters.

Also, how were the recent Chapters? Honestly, I’m not very good at writing romance scenes. Believe it or not, but I really burned all of my brain cells writing these recent Chapters.

For today’s two Chapters, I even had to take a leave from my part-time job and college because I had to rewrite them more than ten times just to make sure they didn’t feel awkward to read. Though, I’m still not sure how they turned out.

I feel like they’re fine, but what’s your opinion?)